A family unable to bring their baby home from hospital as the damp in their house could kill him have called for something to be done about the problem.

One-year-old Osian Jones suffers from leukaemia and would be at serious risk of catching a potentially fatal infection if he returned home to Toronnen in Bangor .

His parents say something must be done about the damp and black mould in his bedroom and the rest of their house.

Following numerous tests, including at Alder Hey in Liverpool, Osian was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia this week, after suffering with a rash and constant bleeding from a cut on his head.

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He and his mum Mandy Jones, 35, dad Christopher, 31, and sister Chelsey, 16, live in a Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd (CCG) house formerly occupied by his grandmother Ann Isaac’s, 59, and her husand Stephen, 52.

Osian is having chemotherapy at Alder Hey, but his parents had been told by doctors that he could come home on Monday.

However, he will now not be allowed back because of the damp covering the ceiling of the bedroom he shares with his parents.

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Ann Isaac's says the mould always comes back despite the best efforts of the family (Image: David Powell)

Ann said: “Mandy’s been told he can’t come home to the damp because it would kill him. His immune system is very, very low.

“It’s been hard. We have been trying to get it sorted. We can’t keep wiping it and painting because it keeps coming back.

“This has got to be done. People shouldn’t have to live like like this.”

Mould at the house in Bangor (Image: David Powell)

The damp in two of the house’s three bedrooms and the bathroom has got worse, but nothing has been done by CCG, say the family.

Stephen said: “Every time we report it, there’s no record. We’ve been told there’s one inspector but that they can’t do anything until May 2.”

He said the problem has been exarcabated by insulation which is too thick between the ceiling and roof tiles, and believes there is a lack of air vents and problems with the guttering.

A Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd (CCG) spokeswoman said: “This issue at Toronnen was reported to us last week and, in line with our processes, an appointment was made for inspectors to attend the property at the first available date.

“Given the difficult circumstances that the family face, we are now bringing that appointment date forward and an inspector will visit the property on Monday.”